What are hadiths about the Kaʿba? Examples of hadiths about the Kaʿba…
According to Safiyya bint Shayba, al-Aslamiyya related the following: “I said to ʿUthman (b. Talha al-Hajabi) (ra), ‘What did the Messenger of Allah (saw) say to you when he called you?’ (Then ʿUthman b. Talha reported that the Prophet (saw) said the following:) ‘I forgot to order you to take away the two horns (which were left from the polytheistic period). (Take them away) for it is not advisable that there should be anything in the Kaʿba which diverts the attention of a man during ritual prayer.’” (Abu Da’ud, al-Manasik, 93)
Abu Shurayh said to Amr b. Sa‘id (ra) who was preparing to send a military force to Mecca, “O chief! Allow me to tell you what the Prophet (saw) said on the day following the conquest of Mecca. My ears heard and my heart comprehended, and I saw him with my own eyes, when he said it. He glorified and praised Allah and then said, ‘It is Allah, not the people, who made Mecca a sanctuary. So anybody who has belief in Allah and the Hereafter (i.e., a Muslim) should neither shed blood in it, nor cut down its trees…’” (al-Bukhari, al-ʿIlm, 37)
‘Abd Allah b. ‘Amr (ra) said, “I saw the Messenger of Allah circumambulating the Kaʿba and saying, ‘How good you are and how good your fragrance is; how great you are and how great your sanctity is!…’” (Ibn Maja, al-Fitan, 2)
Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths
Hadiths About The Qibla
